Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-04
THE Y. F. s. c. E.

THE ". F. s. c. E. The GrizzIed and Gray Veterans-Tne
 Election of Omcers-DrIft of the Con-
 Vention.
 At the Christian Endeavor society's con- vention in Hartford, Rev. E. Anderson of Norwalk, chaplain-in-ch of the Grand Army who was one of the many speakers, said in the course of his remarks on the subject s'The Y. P. s. c. E. for the Church." A few months ago I was at the dedication of the new Soldiers monument at New Haven. Be- side me on the reviewing stand stood our favorite general, Joseph R. Hawley. (Ap- plause) As the veterans marched by with grizzled boards, and many of them with tot tering steps, General Hawley pointed to the Sons of Veterans who were following the old soldiers and said: "Only think of it. There we arel We were boys like that when we went to the war. We are getting old and forget that the welfare of our country now depends on these young men and others like
 themn So it is in the church; our young
 people are it's very life blood. Remember
 that young men saved our country and be
 fired with enthusiasm for the country on high just as those who saved these . United States were fired with enthusiasm for this land Of ours.
 President Blakeslee delivered the annual address, showing an increase of 7S societies and 800 members during the year and call- ing attention to the efficient work of the society in bringing young people into the church and elevating Christian character He thought one of it's strongest features the prayer meeting pledge, which conpels mem- bers to take part in the services. The afternoon service of "Wednesday was preceded by devotional meeting led by Miss Mary West, of New Haven. Greetings were rendered theIeonvention by Charles A.!Jewell of Hartford, on behalf of the \: M C. A. and by Mr. H. J. Pruden, of New Haven, on
 behalf of the State Sunday school associa- tion.
 Addresses were made by Rev. MT. McGrew of Meriden, subject, "Does Paul forbid wo-
 men to take part in prayer meetings" and by
 Miss E. D. Hanscom of Lowell, Mass on
 sfWoman's opportunities in the church to- day." She is the assistant editor of the
 Golden Rule, the Christian Endeavor paper
 Following these addresses came a solo by
 Mrs w. R. Downs, wife of the president of
 the New Haven union, after which the Rev.
 Dr. J. E. Twitchell, pastor of the Dwight
 Place church in New Haven, made 8 few
 remarks. Dr. Twitchell was oo"n on the programme for an address later, but was obliged to leave by an earlier train. The keynote of his brief talk may be summed up in these words ''The whole thing Is phe- nomenal Shall the spirit remain when the
 work is growns"
 The evening session Wednesday was pre-
 ceded by praise service, led by Mir. Charles A. Jewell of Hartford The devotional ser vice which followed conducted by the Rev L. L. Potter and the Rev. w. De Loss Love- The elections, which were held just
 before the evening session, resulted as fol lows:
 President-The Rev. H. N Kinney of winsted
 VIZ. SIo,n+. Dow
 Britain; A. H. Warner, Bridgeport, and w. H. ChiIds. Manchester.
 Auditor-Dana Bartholomew, Ansonia.
 Directors for two years-Eli Manchester, jr., New
 Haven; G. H. McGrew, Meriden; J. c. North, New
 Directors for one year-The Rev P. A. Nordel, D.
 D.. New London; the Rev. c. A. Northrop, Norwich;
 H. II. Goodwin, Hartford.
 By o'clock an audience was present that filled the large church to overf1owing. There were over twelve hundred delegates present
 and the total attendance was fully fifteen hundred The last session of the conference opened with series of ten-minute comments on the Y. P. s. .. B.
 The speakers with their subjects were the Rev. J. H. Twitchel1 of Hartford, "An Out side View;" the Rev. F. Alvord of Canton center, ''The Y. P. s. c. E. in Country Church." The Rev. Dr. Nordell, of New London, substituted the Rev. Dr. Twitchell of New Haven, who was unavoldably absent. The first address of the evening was by the Rev. J. L. Hill of Medford, Mass. The last address of the session was by the president, Rev. F. E. Clark of Boston. Connecticut, he said, had been prime mover in carrying on the work of the socir ! ety and some of it's best features were origi- mated here There are other States, howev- ' CT, that are not much behind. New York, a \ year ago, had ninety-six societies with to- tai membership of 12 1000; to-day there are four hundred and thirteen societies in the same State having a total membership of 21, OO0 From all over the country come mes-
 sages from pastors, representing every de nomination of evangelical churches, telling of the earnest, loyal support they are receiv- ing from this society. The speaker said that he was going to assume the role of prophet and predict the society's future. One or two ! things showed the drift and tendency of the movement. He predicted that it would draw ! nearer and nearer to the hearts of both \ churches and pastors and that they, in turn, { would draw nearer and nearer to the hearts \ of the young people; that it would center | more and more around the prayer meeting \ that it would develop more and more ia, | milarity with the word of God and heroic | spirit among the young people. Its success ! depends upon the spirituality that accompa- \ vor and as individuals we keep our eyes fixed | upon him and remember that he is ou1 \ friend.
 The exercises closed with a consecratior ! meeting and nearly all of the vast audience \ remained to take part.
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